This article studies the impact of a redistributive tax system on consumption, portfolio decisions, and asset prices in a dynamic general equilibrium model. Poorer agents, which receive more in transfers than they pay in taxes, optimally reduce their exposure to equity, because the transfer income they receive is subject to stock market risk. This article thus provides a novel explanation for the low stock market participation rates of poorer investors.
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Univ N Carolina, Kenan Flagler Business Sch, Chapel Hill, NC 27515 USAUniv Texas Dallas, Sch Management, Dallas, TX USA
Maydew, Edward
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Shackelford, Douglas A.
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Univ N Carolina, Kenan Flagler Business Sch, Chapel Hill, NC 27515 USA
NBER, Cambridge, MA 02138 USAUniv Texas Dallas, Sch Management, Dallas, TX USA
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Univ N Carolina, Kenan Flagler Business Sch, Chapel Hill, NC 27515 USAUniv Texas Dallas, Sch Management, Dallas, TX USA
Maydew, Edward
;
Shackelford, Douglas A.
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机构:
Univ N Carolina, Kenan Flagler Business Sch, Chapel Hill, NC 27515 USA
NBER, Cambridge, MA 02138 USAUniv Texas Dallas, Sch Management, Dallas, TX USA